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Keynote Event

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Husted Amphitheater, First Floor

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This year’s keynote event features an in-depth interview with Dr. Jessica Pidgeon, an alumna of UAlbany who received her PhD in political science in 2015. Her dissertation and research, The "Missing" Electorate: Examining the Political Participation of Individuals with Disabilities and Exploring the Role of Family and Supports in American Elections, examined the role of individuals with disabilities in American politics and the American political system. Dr. Patricia Strach, a faculty member in the Departments of Political Science and Public Administration and Policy as well as Director of Policy and Research at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, will interview Dr. Pidgeon about her research, how her education at UAlbany prepared her for her work with the State of New York, and her role as a lead federal liaison and long-term planner on the New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council.

Dr. Jessica Pidgeon works for the New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, where she has been employed since 2013. She started as a graduate assistant and was later selected to serve as a New York State Excelsior Service Fellow from 2015-2017. She currently holds a full-time position at the executive agency as its lead federal liaison and long-term planner, where she is responsible for monitoring and reporting the agency’s progress on meeting its mission. In addition, Jessica assists in the research, implementation, and evaluation of innovative pilot programs and grants that help support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families to assist them in living more independent and community-based lives.

Dr. Pidgeon is a first-generation college graduate of Siena College (B.A.), the University of California, Riverside (M.A., with distinction), and the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, SUNY (Ph.D.), where she received the University at Albany’s Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award in recognition of the important contribution that her research on the political participation of individuals with disabilities, family members, and support staff in American elections made to the field of political science. She has continued her relationship with Rockefeller College as a mentor to graduate students and as an Adjunct Professor for the Department of Political Science, where she teaches courses on American politics and public policy.

Dr. Patricia Strach is professor in the Departments of Political Science and Public Administration and Policy and Director for Policy and Research at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy think tank for the 64-campus State University of New York (SUNY) system. She is the principal investigator for Stories from Sullivan, which examines how opioid misuse affects local communities and what local communities are doing to address it. Strach is an expert in public policy and mass politics and is the author of Hiding Politics in Plain Sight: Cause Marketing, Corporate Influence, and Breast Cancer Policymaking (Oxford 2016) and All in the Family: The Private Roots of American Public Policy (Stanford 2007) as well as numerous articles. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research at Harvard (2008-2010) after receiving her doctorate in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2004).

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22-2-2019 12:15 PM

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22-2-2019 1:15 PM

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This year’s keynote event features an in-depth interview with Dr. Jessica Pidgeon, an alumna of UAlbany who received her PhD in political science in 2015. Her dissertation and research, The "Missing" Electorate: Examining the Political Participation of Individuals with Disabilities and Exploring the Role of Family and Supports in American Elections, examined the role of individuals with disabilities in American politics and the American political system. Dr. Patricia Strach, a faculty member in the Departments of Political Science and Public Administration and Policy as well as Director of Policy and Research at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, will interview Dr. Pidgeon about her research, how her education at UAlbany prepared her for her work with the State of New York, and her role as a lead federal liaison and long-term planner on the New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council.

Dr. Jessica Pidgeon works for the New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, where she has been employed since 2013. She started as a graduate assistant and was later selected to serve as a New York State Excelsior Service Fellow from 2015-2017. She currently holds a full-time position at the executive agency as its lead federal liaison and long-term planner, where she is responsible for monitoring and reporting the agency’s progress on meeting its mission. In addition, Jessica assists in the research, implementation, and evaluation of innovative pilot programs and grants that help support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families to assist them in living more independent and community-based lives.

Dr. Pidgeon is a first-generation college graduate of Siena College (B.A.), the University of California, Riverside (M.A., with distinction), and the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, SUNY (Ph.D.), where she received the University at Albany’s Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award in recognition of the important contribution that her research on the political participation of individuals with disabilities, family members, and support staff in American elections made to the field of political science. She has continued her relationship with Rockefeller College as a mentor to graduate students and as an Adjunct Professor for the Department of Political Science, where she teaches courses on American politics and public policy.

Dr. Patricia Strach is professor in the Departments of Political Science and Public Administration and Policy and Director for Policy and Research at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy think tank for the 64-campus State University of New York (SUNY) system. She is the principal investigator for Stories from Sullivan, which examines how opioid misuse affects local communities and what local communities are doing to address it. Strach is an expert in public policy and mass politics and is the author of Hiding Politics in Plain Sight: Cause Marketing, Corporate Influence, and Breast Cancer Policymaking (Oxford 2016) and All in the Family: The Private Roots of American Public Policy (Stanford 2007) as well as numerous articles. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research at Harvard (2008-2010) after receiving her doctorate in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2004).